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<CENTER><h3>Eco-friendly Gardening – Top Ten Tips</h3></CENTER>



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The world is full of serious environmental problems which rightly or wrongly, many of us feel we can't do much about.  However, you <i>can</i> do something towards creating an eco-friendly environment in your own back yard.  So why not give it a go?!

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<B>If you have a garden there are lots of ways to encourage a range of plants and wildlife in it, even if it's very small.</B>  <BR><BR>Below you'll find Dr Christopher Betts's top ten tips for turning your own garden into a more eco-friendly zone. 




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<B>1.</B> Have a bird table.







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<B>2.</B> Have a pond.













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<B>3.</B> Try to avoid slug pellets, aphid sprays, herbicides and pesticides.





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<B>4.</B> Use a fine-mesh netted caged around fruit and vegetables to keep pests out.







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<B>5.</B> Don’t burn – make compost!





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<B>6.</B> Go for the greatest possible variety in your garden design and plantings.  Lots of habitats and many different kinds of plants will greatly increase the richness of the wildlife.





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<B>7.</B> Choose plants for berries, seeds and fruit as well as flowers.

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<B>8.</B> Aim for flowers all through the year as a nectar and pollen source.
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<B>9.</B> Put up bat, bird, insect and other boxes (obtainable from many suppliers or build your own.
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<B>10.</B> Don’t be too tidy (wildlife needs places to live and hide, micro-habitats such as  a weedy corner, hollow stems left on herbaceous plants in winter, a pile of leaves, ivy left on trees, etc.).


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<B>11.</B> Keep a garden wildlife diary. Learn to identify the species you see and keep records.






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